GA Gov Hopeful Sets New Bar For How To Not Deny Rumors

[babylonsister]

GOP Gov Candidate Admits Refusing To Salute Flag -- Denies Hitting On Campaign Manager, Sex With Underage Girls
Zachary Roth | March 15, 2010, 12:22PM


A far-right Republican candidate for governor of Georgia has issued what must be one of the most counter-productive -- and flat-out hilarious -- denials in the history of modern political campaigning.

On Saturday, Ray McBerry sent out a lengthy statement denying that he "attempted to have an affair" with his former campaign manager; had sexual relations with under-aged girls; stole custody of his son from the son's mother (who, he noted, had tested positive for meth anyway); is no longer allowed to teach in the state; and is unpatriotic, just because he refuses to salute "the current federal flag which represents the present unconstitutional leviathan in Washington," and instead salutes the flag of Georgia and the "original Betsy Ross American flag."

McBerry -- who now works as a producer of radio and TV commercials, and is polling around 2 percent in the race -- is the chair of the Georgia chapter of the League of the South, which describes itself as "a Southern Nationalist organization whose ultimate goal is a free and independent Southern republic." (You can watch McBerry explaining his view that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery here.) The group's website is currently promoting McBerry's candidacy. And McBerry's own website declares: "NOT Atlanta, NOT Washington... but GEORGIA FIRST!"

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. [hanging head in shame] My state has some real winners.

Ole Ray: "Politically, I consider myself a "constitutionalist"- that is, I strongly support a return to the original principles of our Founding Fathers. Although I am a life-long Republican, I do not support the globalist, socialist policies of either the Democrat or Republican parties at the national level; but I do feel that most Georgians who vote Republican feel about the same as mysel ... folks who support traditional values and a return to the Bible and the Constitution.

What a twat.

[babylonsister]

2. Don't feel bad...

I just willingly moved here. :hide:

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Oh, I don't. I love GA and MOST of the people. I guess..

every state has its share of asses.

Savannah is lovely. Atlanta... can get a little tiring. Too many peeples!

[Solly Mack]

4. That's my home state and I don't know if I could ever live there again

I know all states have their share of stupid but that doesn't change how I feel.


Georgia has some truly beautiful areas too. Things I miss...